THE TOULON EXPLOSION.
FUNERAi OF THE LIBERTE VICTIMS. By Teleeraph—Press AESoclatlon-Oopyrißht ; Paris, October 3. i Tho victims of tho explosion on the French battleship Liberto at Toulon wero i buried to-day, Thero was an improssivo • ceremony. Admiral Sir Edmund Poo, Commander- ; in-Chief in tho Mediterranean, and the , officers of tho British warship Exmouth, represented the British Navy. Tho Presidont of tho Republic, M. Fal- , lieres, paid a tribute to tho dead. Tho world-wido sympathy had, bo said, gone straight to tho hearts of Frenchmen. A MASTEK-GUNNER'S BRAVERY. (Rec. October 5, 0.10 a.m.) Paris, October i. The President, M. Fallicrcs, personally visited the hospital at Toulon, and pinned tho medal of the Legion of Honour on tho breast of tho 6econd master gunner of tho Liberto, who attempted to flood tho magazine of tho vessel shortly before the explosion txjok place.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19111005.2.53
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1248, 5 October 1911, Page 5
Word Count
140THE TOULON EXPLOSION. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1248, 5 October 1911, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in